Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV

After the end of SDSS-III in June 2014, the Sloan Foundation 2.5m
Telescope at Apache Point Observatory will remain the world's
premier wide-field spectroscopic facility. The Astrophysical
Research Consortium (ARC) has been planning the next-generation SDSS
project taking advantage of this unique resource from 2014 through
2020. Beginning in mid-2010, ARC sought proposals for use of the
telescope. In November 2011, ARC chose the following programs for
the SDSS-IV project:

APOGEE-2: A stellar survey of the Milky Way, with two
major components:

A northern survey using the bright time at APO.

A southern survey using the 2.5m du Pont Telescope at Las
Campanas.

eBOSS: A cosmological survey of quasars and galaxies, also
encompassing two major subprograms:

In October 2012, we reached an important milestone: the Sloan
Foundation approved a key piece of our funding. We are currently
developing the survey plans, building the necessary new
infrastructure for this project, and seeking partners for this
project. Like previous generations of the SDSS, we expect
participation and contributions from a broad set of institutions
world-wide.

For more information about the project, please consult the
following documents:

The Joining Document, which
describes our policies and procedure for membership.

The Principles of Operations, which
describes the rights and responsibilities of survey members and the
project governance.

If you would like further information or have questions, please
contact the Principal Investigators listed in the description of
each survey, or Director, Project Scientist or Project Spokesperson, listed
below.

Director

Project Scientist

Project Spokesperson

Michael Blanton

Matthew Bershady

Jennifer Johnson

Department of Physics

Department of Astronomy

Ohio State University

4 Washington Place

2535 Sterling Hall

Department of Astronomy

New York University

475 N. Charter St.

140 West 18th Avenue

New York, NY 10003, USA

University of Wisconsin

Columbus, OH 43210, USA

+1-212-998-7770

Madison, WI 53706, USA

+1-614-292-6543

michael.blanton -at- nyu.edu

+1-608-265-3392

jaj -at- astronomy.ohio-state.edu

mab -at- astro.wisc.edu

In addition to the individuals working on each survey (listed at
left) we have several people leading our common efforts:

Program Manager: Bruce Gillespie (Johns Hopkins University)

Sloan Telescope Lead Scientist: Connie Rockosi (UC Santa
Cruz)

Apache Point Operations Manager: Mark Klaene (NMSU)

Principal Data Scientist: Adam Bolton (University of Utah)

Survey Coordinator: Peter Frinchaboy (Texas Christian
University)

Chair of Education and Public Engagement: Karen Masters
(University of Portsmouth)

The project is overseen by an Advisory Council on behalf of the
Participating Institutions and the ARC
Board. Keivan Stassun (Vanderbilt University) is Chair of the Advisory
Council.